MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING
December 4, 1976
Minutes of the Cherokee Nation Council meeting held on December 4, 1976, in the Banquet Room of the TSA LA GI Motor Inn, Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
Chief Swimmer asked the members of his appointed Council to take their seats at the table. Chairman Perry Wheeler took roll call. Members present were:
Perry Wheeler Robert Swimmer Lucille Maish T. V. Thorne Gary Chapman
Bob McSpadden Rachel Lawrence Don Mabrey
Mary Sellers
Members absent were:
Jim Chumwalooky
Moses Frye Will Rider W. W. Keeler Glen Henson Kenneth Wright
A quorum was declared by Chairman Wheeler. Minutes of the September 18 meeting were approved by a motion from Mr. McSpadden. Second by Gary Chapman.
Chairman Wheeler then read a resolution affirming the election of the Council.
Mr. Chapman made a motion to approve the Resolution. Second by Robert Swimmer. Motion passed.
The appointed Council was then dismissed and took a seat in the audience. Chairman Wheeler asked the Chief to administer the Oath of Office to the elected Council.
Chief Swimmer welcomed the elected Council. He stated that the new Council members must recognize the reason that the Indian voice is being heard today is because of W. W. Keeler. The Chief stated that he felt Mr. Keeler would go down in history as a man who led the Indians into a new lifestyle. He stated that he was proud to take over the reins of the Cherokee Nation from
a man as dedicated to the cause as W. W. Keeler was. Chief Swimmer stated further that he wished Mr. Keeler would have been present at the meeting.
Chief Swimmer stated that the Cherokee Nation is at a crossroads, and we have the opportunity of going forward or being stagnant. He stated that we have the obligation of being the leader of Indian tribes. He stated that there was a time when the Tribe, because of internal confusion, was facing a point of being a follower instead of being a leader.
Chief Swimmer stated that during the past year we have not onl...
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